Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2023 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2023-38741IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms denial of service

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in TXSeries for Multiplatforms from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1, 8.2, and 9.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. By conducting a slowloris-type attacks, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 262905.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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